One Team – Humans in Charge, AI on the Job
Come build the next generation of the cloud with us.
We’re looking for problem solvers, builders, and innovators who love open source and pushing technological boundaries!
Our Leadership Team
Meet Upbound's leaders.
bassam tabbara
Founder and CEO
Bassam is Upbound’s Founder and CEO. Prior to Upbound, he was the CTO and Co-Founder of Symform and then CTO of their acquirer, Quantum. Bassam’s decades of experience further manifested very successful open source CNCF projects like Rook and Crossplane.
bassam tabbara
Founder and CEO
Bassam is Upbound’s Founder and CEO. Prior to Upbound, he was the CTO and Co-Founder of Symform and then CTO of their acquirer, Quantum. Bassam’s decades of experience further manifested very successful open source CNCF projects like Rook and Crossplane.
bassam tabbara
Founder and CEO
Bassam is Upbound’s Founder and CEO. Prior to Upbound, he was the CTO and Co-Founder of Symform and then CTO of their acquirer, Quantum. Bassam’s decades of experience further manifested very successful open source CNCF projects like Rook and Crossplane.
Sarah Strobhar
Chief Revenue Officer
Sarah is the Chief Revenue Officer at Upbound. She has 15+ years of enterprise sales, go-to-market (GTM), and business development experience in the cloud and AI/ML spaces. Prior to Upbound, she was the Global Leader of GTM for the Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports business at Amazon Web Services, and previously the Worldwide Head of Business Development for Applied AI at AWS.
Sarah Strobhar
Chief Revenue Officer
Sarah is the Chief Revenue Officer at Upbound. She has 15+ years of enterprise sales, go-to-market (GTM), and business development experience in the cloud and AI/ML spaces. Prior to Upbound, she was the Global Leader of GTM for the Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports business at Amazon Web Services, and previously the Worldwide Head of Business Development for Applied AI at AWS.
Sarah Strobhar
Chief Revenue Officer
Sarah is the Chief Revenue Officer at Upbound. She has 15+ years of enterprise sales, go-to-market (GTM), and business development experience in the cloud and AI/ML spaces. Prior to Upbound, she was the Global Leader of GTM for the Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports business at Amazon Web Services, and previously the Worldwide Head of Business Development for Applied AI at AWS.
Donald Sumbry
Vice President of Engineering
Sumbry is the Vice President of Engineering at Upbound. He has over two decades of experience working in the platform, infrastructure, and reliability engineering space at companies like AirBnB, Uber, and Twilio. Upbound is Sumbry's seventh startup as he has a tendency to join amazing companies that have strong products & technologies used to solve interesting problems.
Donald Sumbry
Vice President of Engineering
Sumbry is the Vice President of Engineering at Upbound. He has over two decades of experience working in the platform, infrastructure, and reliability engineering space at companies like AirBnB, Uber, and Twilio. Upbound is Sumbry's seventh startup as he has a tendency to join amazing companies that have strong products & technologies used to solve interesting problems.
Donald Sumbry
Vice President of Engineering
Sumbry is the Vice President of Engineering at Upbound. He has over two decades of experience working in the platform, infrastructure, and reliability engineering space at companies like AirBnB, Uber, and Twilio. Upbound is Sumbry's seventh startup as he has a tendency to join amazing companies that have strong products & technologies used to solve interesting problems.
Leslie Chung
Vice President of People
Leslie is the VP of People at Upbound, with over 20 years of experience leading HR and People functions across diverse industries, including technology, non-profit, and corporate sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully built and scaled people operations during periods of rapid growth. She is passionate about cultivating high-performing, people-first organizations and specializes in guiding fast-growing companies through the complexities of scaling teams, culture, and leadership.
Leslie Chung
Vice President of People
Leslie is the VP of People at Upbound, with over 20 years of experience leading HR and People functions across diverse industries, including technology, non-profit, and corporate sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully built and scaled people operations during periods of rapid growth. She is passionate about cultivating high-performing, people-first organizations and specializes in guiding fast-growing companies through the complexities of scaling teams, culture, and leadership.
Leslie Chung
Vice President of People
Leslie is the VP of People at Upbound, with over 20 years of experience leading HR and People functions across diverse industries, including technology, non-profit, and corporate sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully built and scaled people operations during periods of rapid growth. She is passionate about cultivating high-performing, people-first organizations and specializes in guiding fast-growing companies through the complexities of scaling teams, culture, and leadership.
Meet Our Team of Advisors and Investors
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Their support enables us to provide your team with best-in-class solutions.
our values
What We Stand For
Our seven core values are the set of actions and behaviors that guide
how we treat each other and how work gets done. We operationalize
our values with intent and care to ensure we have a healthy culture
where every UpBounder can thrive.
Our seven core values are the set of actions and behaviors that guide how we treat each other and how work gets done. We operationalize our values with intent and care to ensure we have a healthy culture where every UpBounder can thrive.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.
Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
Be Accountable
We expect everyone at Upbound to hold themselves and each other accountable to focusing and driving results that tie directly back into company goals.
Collaborate Decisively
Your goal with every interaction is to add clarity, alignment, and context to every decision and objective. You habitually dismantle ambiguity and rebuild it with intent and clarity.
Demonstrate Craftsmanship
A true craftsperson is a lifelong learner who
strives to deliver the best possible result.
Upbounders are constantly iterating on their
solutions to improve results and delight their customers.Care For Our Communities
We care deeply about our customers, our open source ecosystem, and our fellow Upbounders. We have an unwavering determination to make them thrive.
Champion The Customer
Have a deep empathy for the customer and keep their business objectives and challenges top of mind as we navigate through solutions to problems.
Act as an owner
An owner sees a problem and takes action and responsibility to help solve it no matter what pocket of the business it lands in.
Engage Vulnerability
Upbounders work to make themselves and everyone around them better by creating a safe environment where everyone can contribute, fail forward, and learn from each other.
our benefits
Caring for Our Team
Ownership
Stock option equity grants ensure meaningful ownership that ties together and aligns the Company’s and Upbounder’s success.
Healthcare Benefits
US-based plan options include HSA, FSA, PPO, and HMO, and these options will cover 100% of the premium for the Upbounder. *Locations may vary.
We offer 401(k) Plan
US-based teammates are offered the option to enroll in our 401(k) plan.
Flexible Hours and PTO
Take the time you need to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacation as well as 10+ observed bank holidays by country.
Work From Anywhere
Our team is globally distributed and that comes with a lot of flexibility around where you work.
Home Office Stipend
Upgrade your home workspace with a comfortable deck, chair and fast internet.
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